The rest of the day all Buford could do was sit at his desk, and play the scene over and over in his head. The situation still hasn't registered in his head; the boy that he's had a crush on for years just kissed him. He didn't really know how to take it; his thought process was halted with a knock at his bedroom door. "Buford honey is everything alright you never came down for dinner", his mom said standing in his door way. Bethany Von Stomm is a single mother is her middle thirties; Buford gets his roughness from her but unfortunately not her brains. She works at Danville City Hospital as the charge nurse; she works the night shift so that she would be able to have dinner with Buford, and check in with him before she goes to work. Her husband (Buford's dad) was abusive and an alcoholic; he tormented Bethany mentally, physically, and emotionally until she had enough. She took Buford, and left; and he tried to run them down in his car, but because he was drunk he didn't pay attention to where he was going and he ran into a tree. So Bethany dedicated her life to the protection and upbringing of her son, she wanted to make sure that he does not travel down the same dark path that his father did. "Oh sorry ma I just lost track of time", Buford said rubbing the back of his head; to miss any kind of meal or snack is a weird occurrence for Buford since he's a regular eating machine. "Ma I need to ask you a question", Buford said motioning for his mother to sit down on his bed; after she sat down Buford spoke again, "Okay say you had a crush on a close friend for years, but you were afraid to tell them cause you were worried about how they would react then suddenly they kiss you, what do you do then." Bethany simply smiled, and said "well that means they like you back, and you and Baljeet can finally pursue a relationship. Buford's heart stopped how the hell she know he was talking about them; Bethany took Buford's hand and spoke, "I'm your mother and I notice things you two have been ogling each other since the seventh grade, in fact both me and Baljeet's parents have been waiting for you two to come out and tell each other." Buford was in awe his most well kept secret was no secret at all in fact he was sure that all his friends knew. His mom stood up kissed him on his forehead and told him that she had to go, and she left his dinner in the fridge. Buford gave his mom a hug and she left the house, he was relieved to know that his mom was okay with him dating Baljeet and that Baljeet's folks were okay with it too. Buford took his phone and headphones out of his jacket pocket to listen to some music when he noticed that he had gotten a text from Baljeet about ten minutes ago. It read "Buford can you come over we need to talk", Buford's heart quickly sunk down he was not fully prepared for this; he was never one for expressing his feelings to anybody other than his mother.

He ate his dinner, took a shower, and changed his clothes before heading out; when he rang Baljeet's doorbell he received an unexpected reception. Russell came to the door with scratches on his face a bruised lip and a black eye; "What the hell happened to you?" Buford said surprised by what was standing before him. Russell trembling spoke "he's crazy he started attacking me", Buford pushed passed Russell and ran upstairs when he made it to Baljeet's room he froze. Baljeet's room was a mess chairs knocked over blood stains on the floor, and bed plus the room completely smelled of booze. Baljeet was lying in the middle of the floor with a bottle of liquor in his hand; "WHAT THE FUCK" Buford shouted as Russell came walking behind him. Russell smiled gleefully smiled inside himself realizing how easy this was going to be. With a hint of sadness in his voice he spoke "when I first arrived everything was fine, but then he started talking about how he had always wanted to know how it felt to kiss you." Buford's eyes widened as Russell continued to speak "He kept saying how disgusting it was, and how he wished he hadn't done it." Buford clinched his fist as Russell continued to speak "he then told me that he was going to get something to drink, but he came back with a bottle of rum he asked if I wanted some, of course I told him no so he started drinking it from the bottle. At that point I was getting ready to leave when he jumped on me knocking me to the floor; I knocked him off of me but as I stood up to leave he pushed me into his dresser he was trying to kiss me. Before Russell could finish Buford grabbed him by his shirt collar and pinned him against the wall "STOP FUCKING LYING TO ME", Buford screamed with tears forming in his eyes. Russell now speaking consolingly said, "Buford I have no reason to lie to you, I think that all this time he's been using for protection and he made you think he was interested so he can keep you around. Buford let go of Russell's shirt, put his back against the wall and slid down to the floor head was spinning all these things were happening at once. The endgame was nearly at hand, and Russell was enjoying every moment Buford the once strong football star was now sitting before him broken. "Go home Buford forget about this, forget about Baljeet I'll clean up here", Russell said resting his hand on Buford's shoulder. Buford got up and walked out without a word; Russell made a call to a cleaning service and stayed until they left. Russell was enjoying how easy this was, the acting lessons he took when he was younger was really paying off.